Members of God's Kingdom or citizens of the world?

The New Covenant which those of us who seek to be Christ's Disciples sign up to is about loving God with all our heart and mind and soul and strength and all our fellows in God's family as ourselves. The battles which go on in traditional institutional Churches (not just Anglicans) seem to have more to do with secular politicing with little love for the poor and the spiritually hungry:-

Covenant rejecters compared to BNP as opposition grows

Opponents of the proposed Anglican Covenant have been called ‘an ecclesiastical BNP’, while a new coalition against the proposal has been formed. The Rt Revd Gregory Cameron, Bishop of St Asaph, also described the Inclusive Church and Modern Church groups as ‘latter-day Little Englanders’ who are ‘scaremongering about foreigners’ despite their liberal views. The bishop had a key role in designing the Communion Covenant, which aims to lay down the rules by which the provinces can work together. At the same time, another opposing group has appeared, called The No Anglican Covenant Coalition. Its members are Anglican bloggers from across the globe, including England, the USA, Canada and New Zealand. The Covenant will be debated at the General Synod later this month.
Sources: Church Times (5/11); Church of England Newspaper (4/11)

Liberals oppose Anglican covenant on controversial issues

Liberal Anglicans are campaigning against the Church of England’s proposal for a covenant that will lay the ground rules for future disputes. Liberals believe the covenant is too ‘dogmatic’ and will make it more difficult to select gay priests or bless gay couples. The groups Inclusive Church and Modern Church have taken out large advertisements in church newspapers and magazines, attacking the proposal as ‘inward looking and backward looking’. They even say that the covenant would ‘redefine Anglicanism’ itself. Anglican provinces would have to accept the covenant in order to stay in the Communion, but the Archbishop of Canterbury has said that it is not ‘envisaged as an instrument of control’. The General Synod will debate the issue on 24 November.
Source: Guardian (28/10)

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